84R20990 MAW-D
By: Thompson of Harris, Davis of Harris, H.B. No. 187
Collier, Alvarado
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 187:
By: Oliveira C.S.H.B. No. 187
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the statute of limitations applicable to unlawful
employment practices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.202, Labor Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) A complaint under this subchapter must be filed not
later than the earlier of:
(1) the 180th day after the date the complainant
discovered the alleged unlawful employment practice; or
(2) the fifth anniversary of the date the alleged
unlawful employment practice occurred.
(c) For purposes of Subsection (a), with respect to a
complaint based on the payment of wages, an unlawful employment
practice does not occur each time wages affected wholly or partly by
the practice are paid.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an unlawful employment practice that occurs on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.